Sri Lanka cash-strapped state plans 14,000-acre land grab in currency crisis: report
30 December 2022
Sri Lanka’s agriculture authorities are planning to grab 14,000 acres of paddy
Armenian activists protest over Karabakh road link standoff
31 December 2022
Hundreds of opposition supporters rallied in the Armenian capital on Wednesday, urging the government to unblock a vital road to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Building Capacities on Responsible Land Investments in Ethiopia
23 December 2022
The project on Promoting Responsible Governance of Investment in Land (RGIL) organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) on responsible land investment for 29 experts drawn from federal institutions, civil society organizations and investor associations.
Connecting Citizen Science with Remote Sensing
23 January 2023 - 30 January 2023
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new open, online introductory webinar series: Connecting Citizen Science with Remote Sensing. This 3-part training, delivered in English and Spanish, will provide attendees an overview of citizen science efforts that use Earth Observations combined with ground-based information in the fields of climate change, sustainable development, ecosystem monitoring and characterization, drought, and land cover or land-use change, and will highlight case-study examples of successful citizen science projects, with some examples from NASA supported projects and activities.
Bolivia
Bolivia is one of the 16 megadiverse countries on the planet, which has given it diverse eco-regions. The evolution of the land situation in the country, closely connected to the demands of the indigenous population, reached
Re-expropriation of Sri Lanka plantation land to violate property rights, scare investors
13 December 2022
Attempts to re-expropriate assets of Sri Lanka’s privatized commercial plantations on the pretext of being under-utilized will undermine property rights and discourage investors, officials and analysts said.
Vietnam steps up South China Sea land reclamation
16 December 2022
Vietnam has accelerated its island building in the South China Sea where China has fully militarized three of its artificial islands, with Hanoi reclaiming about 80% of new land in the last year, a new study found.
How Bhutan could provide the blueprint for climate-smart forest economies
15 December 2022
To create housing, maintain its negative carbon status and sustainably manage its forests, Bhutan is embarking on creating a climate-smart forest economy.
Over Half the World's Energy Transition Minerals Are on Indigenous Lands
08 December 2022
A new analysis finds that many materials needed for the shift to clean energy are on Indigenous lands, where mining could put vulnerable people at risk
Ministerio de Defensa paraguayo recibe tierras confiscadas al narcotráfico
10 June 2021
Asuncion, Jun 10 (EFE) .- The Government of Paraguay announced Thursday that it granted the Ministry of Defense the possession of some 24,000 hectares seized from networks dedicated to cocaine trafficking, due to its strategic location, about five kilometers from the border with Bolivia.